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Monday, 5 November 2012

DIY: easy and budget Thread Rack (Organiser)

How to make a thread
rack?

After searching thread rack
on eBay, I found the cheapest one was $25 plus $40 postage from US. How come
things can't be cheaper in Australia!? Then I think it should not be hard to
DIY one. I am a complete DIY newbie. So I’ve done extensive search on how to
make a thread rack.

I found a tutorial on creativelittledaisy's blog. It seems quite doable. All the
materials are fine except the pegboard. I found Bunnings stocked very thin one,
about 3mm thin and thicker one, about 8mm. They come in a very large sheet. I
think it's quite expensive too. Plus the store person told me it's not strong
enough to hold a dowel for thread spool. He recommended me using a
particleboard. It's light, cheap and strong enough to hold threads on dowels.
For the first time in my life I bought a particleboard. Below picture is the
one I got. It's the smallest size apparently.

The particleboard as the main panel.

The shopping list

I asked the store person to
cut the board half into two. So I have two 60cm x 45 cm panels.

Next was the dowels. The store
person suggested me to get a thicker one for bigger spools (like serger spools).
I got a 12.5mm diameter x 90cm long dowel. I picked a wrong dowel for normal
spool. When I got home, I found it requires a 6mm (1/4 inch) dowel. But I got
the 8mm one. I am returning to Bunnings tomorrow to exchange it.

Then I got my drill bit for
the 12.5mm dowel, glue, and paint brush. Below is the first shopping list. You
can see I only spent $44, with half of the money being for the drill bit as a
tool.

First shopping list at Bunnings

Please note that I have
left-over paint from my house renovation. So it's not on the list, as well as
electric drill and hacksaw etc.

As of tonight, after
initial preparation, I need more tools and materials:

1. Sand paper

2. A couple of 6mm dowels 3. edge banding around the outside

I am going back to the store tomorrow and hopefully can finish it as it'll be the Melbourne Cup Day (public holiday in Victoria).To be continued....